Innovate Bhutan

<div> ABOUT US Innovate Bhutan is the Bhutan Youth Development Fund’s center for social and business innovation. We create impact and epitomize what responsible Bhutanese innovators and entrepreneurs (‘inno-preneurs’) can accomplish. We support inno-preneurs to bring their ambitious ideas to life and grow  them through development and commercialization. We connect inno-preneurs to investors, experts, businesses and organizations through human capital development, business incubation, events and access to investment opportunities. OUR SERVICES 1. INNOVATION SPRINT (I-SPRINT) The five-day social entrepreneurship and innovation workshop covers interactive sessions on social entrepreneurship, design thinking, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Gross National Happiness, financial and marketing. 2. INNOVATION START(I-START) The four-week social entrepreneurship workshop is designed to provide you with three core skills –business, human, and technology – to support you in launching and growing your impact-focused business or venture idea. 3. INNOVATION CONSULT(I-CONSULT) Our online mentoring platform and the pool of experts support you and your business or startup with respect, confidentiality and professionalism. 4. INNOVATION CREATE(I-CREATE ) Our state-of-the-art coworking space, Innovate Bhutan Workspace, provides affordable private and shared workspaces with free utilities and services (high-speed internet, printing, training and meeting facilities, and cafeteria). It offers a perfect venue for events, meetups, and networking. 5. INNOVATION VENTURE (I-VENTURE) Our iVENTURE program is designed to facilitate seed-and-scaling investments. We connect inno-preneurs to investment or capital for blended (socio-economic) returns of investment. We fund (startup seed fund) in business ideas that are socially (or environmentally) innovative and viable.  <h5 class="">6. KidsMBA Bhutan Program  </h5> KidsMBA Bhutan Program is an 8-day entrepreneurial training program designed for students from classes 6 to 8, delivered in collaboration with ABE Global (UK) and Innovate Bhutan under the Bhutan Youth Development Fund (YDF). The program equips young learners with essential life and business skills through 16 interactive modules, including financial literacy, leadership, teamwork, and a final Shark Tank–style pitch. Certified by ABE Global, KidsMBA Bhutan empowers students from diverse backgrounds—especially in underserved districts—to become confident, creative, and future-ready youth entrepreneurs. MISSION: <ul> <li>To promote youth entrepreneurship and innovation as a vehicle for youth employment, and economic inclusion in Bhutan.</li> <li>To create businesses that support the UN SDGs and Gross National Happiness of Bhutan.</li> <li>To establish innovative social enterprises as a new funding stream for Bhutan Youth Development Fund.</li> <li>To preserve and protect the environment, through promoting sustainable development initiatives that maintain the ecological balance.</li> </ul> VISION: Combine social and business innovation and forge empowered leaders to create socially and environmentally innovative ventures in Bhutan. GOALS : <ul> <li> Provide a place for innovation and connect people to people, knowledge, technology and other resources</li> <li>Transform ideas into reality through prototyping and testing. Desirability, feasibility and viability are key.</li> <li> Facilitate access to investment, business development partnership and other supports.</li> <li>Create, measure and scale social and economic returns together.</li> </ul> </div>

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